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Offline Mancha

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33 Tikis for $10
« on: 26 October 2009, 03:16:56 AM »
Hey All,

A couple months ago I encountered at Barnes & Noble a cool “solitaire” set with tiki playing pieces.  The pieces looked like they’d be fun for a savage worlds island, but as the set cost $20, I was unwilling to risk that they’d be the wrong size (especially as I don’t actually play savage worlds games).  However, last week I found them in the clearance bin for only $10, so I decided it was time to take a chance.

Here’s the box, in case you feel like searching the clearance bins at your own local B&N:




I brought it home, opened the plastic wrapping, and breathed in the heady smell of resin.  Ahhhh.  And inside I discovered a bag of 33 perfectly-scaled, resin/plastic (can't tell which) tikis, in three styles.  Here they are in their natural element, so to speak (sorry for the blurry picture):




I chopped them down a little bit and threw them on my favorite base, an American penny (shh – don’t tell the Treasury), and here they are:




As you can see, they’re not bad out of the box, and might not even need to be painted.  Nevertheless, I whipped out the Vallejos and got to work:




And, cause I know you’ll ask, the money shot, with a couple Foundry pirates for scale:




Thirty-three tikis for $10; not bad, huh?

               Mancha





Offline silvana

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Re: 33 Tikis for $10
« Reply #1 on: 26 October 2009, 04:03:39 AM »
Oh man how come we don't have things like that in Australia. That's so cool. If I saw one for $10 I'd grab it for sure.

Offline bandit86

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Re: 33 Tikis for $10
« Reply #2 on: 26 October 2009, 04:54:02 AM »
What a great find, well done, paint job is cool too.
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Offline Bako

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Re: 33 Tikis for $10
« Reply #3 on: 26 October 2009, 06:27:39 AM »
Hey, that's sweet. But I could never see myself using that many!
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Offline Ray Rivers

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Re: 33 Tikis for $10
« Reply #4 on: 26 October 2009, 09:19:24 AM »
Wow!

Those came out really nice!

Offline marko.oja

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Re: 33 Tikis for $10
« Reply #5 on: 26 October 2009, 09:23:34 AM »
Very nice, and great painting too!

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Offline Sterling Moose

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Re: 33 Tikis for $10
« Reply #6 on: 26 October 2009, 09:34:03 AM »
Great find, and an excellent paint job.
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Offline postal

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Re: 33 Tikis for $10
« Reply #7 on: 26 October 2009, 10:54:47 AM »
very nice

Offline thejammedgatling

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Re: 33 Tikis for $10
« Reply #8 on: 26 October 2009, 11:39:14 AM »
I love this forum where people are constantly on the lookout for stuff like this to cannibalise. Good find and nice paintjob as well!

Offline argsilverson

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Re: 33 Tikis for $10
« Reply #9 on: 26 October 2009, 12:30:28 PM »
Lucky you are for finding this set!

You also did a great paintjob!
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Offline Red Orc

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Re: 33 Tikis for $10
« Reply #10 on: 26 October 2009, 03:54:09 PM »
Yeah, they're really nice, excellent painting and basing! And much better for gaming purposes than 33 spicy potato cakes (I was thinking aloo tikki).

Great find, too. Not that that game will ever appear in a bargain bin round here, but it's always a good idea to check up on stuff like that. Great bargains are to be had in unlikely places.

Offline Hitman

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Re: 33 Tikis for $10
« Reply #11 on: 26 October 2009, 04:54:55 PM »
Those are awesome. At first when I read the title, I thought you wanted $10 for the 33 tikis. I was going to be all over them like a fat man on a ham sandwich!!  lol
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Offline Mancha

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Re: 33 Tikis for $10
« Reply #12 on: 26 October 2009, 05:21:57 PM »
Thanks for all the positive feedback.  :)

Offline cianty

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Re: 33 Tikis for $10
« Reply #13 on: 26 October 2009, 07:26:35 PM »
That's just awesome!

Offline twrchtrwyth

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Re: 33 Tikis for $10
« Reply #14 on: 27 October 2009, 12:04:45 AM »
Great find and love what you did with them.
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